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AUTHENTIC
Authentic learning experience anchored in relevance and purpose is the mainstay for our students. Academic content, knowledge, and skills are approached in interdisciplinary ways, much like they are in the adulthood our students are growing into. Tapping into the curiosity of our students is commonplace, and we use that curiosity to explore interests and discover possibilities. Our students do not experience learning as a set of prescribed procedures locked into a given timetable. Rather, our students learn in flexible ways, having a negotiated say in the time, place, space, and the whom they learn.
INNOVATORS
Our teachers are innovators who use their own creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking to design learning opportunities that personalize the learning to match the needs of our individual learners. Our students are taught to think, question, learn and adapt, creating a future worth standing up for, a future that elevates humanity. Students leave the school life-ready with a confidence in what they could be because they know the possibilities of what they can be.
JOYFUL
Our school is a joyful place. This can only be achieved when learning is fun, learning is relevant, and where learners are challenged to learn new skills and push themselves to try and try again in ongoing cycles of inquiry. With anything worth understanding, there are often multiple ways of looking into it. Our students are encouraged to see things differently, to bring their strength, and to acquire new abilities and ways of seeing themselves and their potential.
Vision & Purpose
Howard Connect was created to unlock in all students a creative confidence of knowing what they want to be because they know the possibilities of what they can be. Our mission is simple — to cultivate independent thinkers of tomorrow today.
Howard Connect Academy is breaking the mold of what a middle school education can be. We create a space where our diverse community learns to collaborate, communicate, and solve real world problems in a fun, safe, and accepting learning environment. Academic content, knowledge, and skills are approached in interdisciplinary ways, making learning real and meaningful. With a strong set of academic tools in place, we then help students cultivate their own unique genius, by tapping into their curiosity and allowing them to discover and develop their individual interests. Our students develop the necessary tools to move beyond the ability to compete to the ability to thrive.
Admissions Process
How Howard Connect Academy’s Lottery Works
Howard Connect Academy is an open enrollment school. Howard Connect has a specific number of seats available for grades six, seven, and eight for the 2023 – 2024 school year. Hamilton County Schools will open the application process from November through January 2023. All applications must be submitted by January 31, 2023.
Hamilton County Schools runs a lottery which determines the order in which students are granted admission into Howard Connect Academy. Once all available seats are filled, names are placed on a wait list and will be admitted if a seat becomes available.
Preference is given to siblings of Howard Connect Academy enrolled and admitted students.
For more information on School Choice click here.
Transportation
For any safety or driving concerns regarding First Student buses (buses numbered 200 and above), please contact 423-498-5555 or visit www.firstfeedback.com
Buses are expected to arrive within 10 minutes of their scheduled time. Please have students at their stops and ready to board the bus 10 minutes prior to the scheduled arrival time. The bus schedule can not allow more time to wait for tardy students or for students to exit personal vehicles. For more information, please see the rules of conduct in the Transportation Policy Manual
Hamilton County Schools transports more than 20,000 students to and from school each day. There are 251 daily bus routes covering 23,000 miles each day and 4.0 million miles annually. Our mission is to provide safe and efficient transportation to and from school daily.
Title I Information
STATE OF THE SCHOOL ADDRESS
Tuesday, September 28
at 6:00pm
Join Principal Miller on Thursday for our annual State of the School Address. During this meeting, we will be reviewing and discussing our school’s vision, goals, and Title I program. We will cover the following items that are important to you as families. We will share:
Accomplishments this year
The School Improvement Plan
Academic Goals and School Data
Title 1 Annual Review…Purpose and Impact
Looking Ahead
Join us on zoom:
537 048 9921
Passcode: connect
Annual Title 1 Meeting
ESTADO DE LA ESCUELA DIRECCIÓN
Martes 28 de Septiembre
6:00 pm
Únase al director Miller el jueves para nuestro discurso anual sobre el estado de la escuela. Durante esta reunión, estaremos revisando y discutiendo la visión, las metas y el programa de Título I. de nuestra escuela. Cubriremos los siguientes elementos que son importantes para ustedes como familias. Compartiremos:
Logros este año
El plan de mejora escolar
Metas académicas y datos escolares
Revisión anual del Título 1… Propósito e impacto
Mirando hacia el futuro
Únase a nosotros en zoom:
537 048 9921
Passcode: connect
Reunión anual del Título 1
